dubh ghlas e Volume XXXVI Number 1
WHAT’S INSIDE: Lots of pictures, lots of color - that is, for those getting the newsletter electronically! See article on ......... Page 8 Whose nominated for office and a Proxy form..... Page 9 A great Clan Douglas Tour before The Gathering is available ............... Page 12 Our AGM is in Minnesota, May 8.................... Page 13
February 2009
Westerkirk...a Manor for Lord Hugh of Douglas By Dr. Deborah Richmond Foulkes, FSA Scot In 1342, Lord Hugh of Douglas resigned the Douglas Barony and all the lands once held of his older brother the Good Sir James into the hands of his sovereign. King David accepted the resignation and later reseised most of the vast land holdings to William of Douglas, the youngest son of Lord Hugh’s younger brother the late Regent of Scotland, Sir Archibald Douglas. Hugh or Hubicus was misjudged in history; given the moniker as Hugh the Dull. In truth, he was a Canon in the See of Glasgow and also held the Prebendary of Roxburgh. His lands and church in that Borders parish were not far from his brothers’ estates; James’ manor in Jedburgh and Archibald’s lands in Morebattle. As a clerk serving the Bishop of Glasgow, that great patriot Robert Wishart, Hugh was someone who could read and write; a rarity even for great lairds in the early 14th century. His
Ferry Yarns is Back! ............................. Page 19 Keep up to date on the yDNA Project ........ Page 17 You need to know about suggested by-laws changes .............................. Page 19
Clan Douglas Society of North America
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CLAN DOUGLAS SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA, LTD. OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATORS President Mark Douglas (1806) 1223 South 5th St. Fernandina Beach, FL 32034 Phone: 904-261-7243 E-mail: blkdugls@Bellsouth.net
Archivist & Travel Coordinator T. George Douglas FSA Scot 140 Spring Cove Trail Altamonte Springs, FL 32714 407-862-1234 tgeodoug@aol.com
REGENTS
Vice President James Douglas Jacobs 24806 Hickory Hill Rd. Spring, TX 77380 Phone: 281-292-4940 jimdouglas_texas@yahoo.com
Alabama Harriet Nihart (1870) 7 Shepard Lane Mobile, AL 36608 Phone: 251-342-4733 Nihart709@aol.com
Secretary John D. Douglas, Jr. (292) 116 Wake Forest Dr. Warner Robins, GA 31093 Phone: 478-923-2998 E-mail: jdarbyd@juno.com
Alabama (North) Don & Judy Deitz (927) 732 Beacon Drive Fairfield, AL 35064 Phone: 205-923-5759 jdeitz2@bellsouth.net
Treasurer Shirley Douglas 1959 6th Ave. SE Vero Beach, FL 32962 Phone: 772-778-0154 E-mail: gsdoug@bellsouth.net
Alaska Vacant
Founder Gilbert F. Douglas, Jr. MD (deceased)
Arizona Barbara J. Wise 135 West Knox Dr Tucson, AZ 85705 Phone: 520-991-9539 wise170@cox.net
Assistant Vice President (East) David Douglass 870 Grant St. Hazelton, PA 18201 Phone: 570-455-9867 dhdoug_4@msn.com
Arkansas/Mississippi Diana Kay Stell 149 Cedar Valley Rd. Fairfield Bay, AR 72088 Cell: 870-500-2363 celt@wildblue.net
Assistant Vice President (West) Diana Kay Stell 149 Cedar Valley Rd. Fairfield Bay, AR 72088 Cell: 870-500-2363 celt@wildblue.net
Australia Vacant
Assistant Vice President (Canada) Peter Douglass (12) 9 Limardo Dr. Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3A 3x2 Phone: 902-469-2715 Genealogy Coordinator Melvyn Douglass,FSA Scot 8010 Oakwood Trace Houston, TX 77040 Phone: 713-871-0061 Fax: 281-596-4513 Melvyn.douglass@usa.net Storekeeper Katherine Morton Brooks 210 Old Bee Tree Lane Marietta, GA 30062 Webmasters Mark Peterson – Editor 6505 N. Gentry Ave. Fresno, CA 93711 Phone: 559-439-2947 mpeterson1019@comcast.net Tim Tyler — Photos, Changes & Updates 7892 Northlake Dr. #107 Huntington Beach, CA 92647 Phones: 800-454-5264 & 714-478-9666 clandouglas@socal.rr.com Mara Peterson - Web Designer 534 E. Princeton Ave Fresno, CA 93704 Phone: 559-288-4253 syrencere@gmail.net Newsletter Editor David Douglass 305 Clark Ave Weatherford, TX 76085 Phone:817-599-3549 Cell: 817-721-6837 dougserv@sbcglobal.net Historical Article Editor Dr. Murray Frick 106 Rockwell Road Vestal, NY 13850 606-786-5116 E-mail: murrayfrick@juno.com Douglas Heritage Society James Fleming, Chairman (1243) Newmains Farm Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland ML11 ORH Phone: 01555-851243 E-Mail: jimfleming@icscotland.net
North Dakota Mark Douglas PO Box 1872 Jamestown, ND 58402-1872 Phone: MDouglas70@yahoo.com
Hawaii Vacant
South Dakota and Wyoming Tom Douglass Adams 1106 Ames Ave. Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone:605-717-0669 tdadams@rushmore.com
Idaho Vacant Illinois Co-Regents Paul Mitchell 578 N. Triumph Ct. Hainesville, IL 60073 Phone: 847-693-6097 sirgalen@gmail.com illinoisdouglas.blogspot.com David Dickey 9759 S. Main Chatham, IL 62629 Phone: 217-483-4700 daviddickey55@yahoo.com Indiana Vacant Iowa Vacant Kansas Vacant Kentucky and Tennessee Elizabeth Martin (35) 650 College St. Erin, TN 37061 Phone: 931-289-4408 demartin@peoplestel.net Louisiana Diana kay Stell 149 Cedar Valley Rd. Fairfield Bay, AR 72088 Cell: 870 500-2363 celt@wildblue.net
California (North) Mark A. Peterson 6505 N. Gentry Ave. Fresno, CA 93711 Phone: 559-439-2947 Mpeterson1019@comcast.net
Maryland Need a regent or regents
California (South) Tim Tyler 7892 Northlake Dr #107 Huntington Beach, CA 92647 Phones: 1-800-454-5264 & 714-478-9666 clandouglas@socal.rr.com
Michigan Thomas H. Young (2439) 961 Westchester Gross Point Park, MI 48230 Home: 313-331-3386 Cell: 248-854-4112 Office: 248-549-5300 thomasyoung@comcast.net
Canada (East) Peter Douglass (12) 9 Limardo Dr. Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3A 3x2 Phone: 902-469-2715
Minnesota Sara Foss (792) 6241 Oliver Avenue Richfield, MN 55423 Phone: 612-866-1260 sarawfoss@cpinternet.com
Canada (Ontario) Kenneth Simmons (2603) 622 Elliott Crescent Milton, Ontario L9T 364 Phone: CDSOntario@cogeco.ca
Mississippi/Arkansas (See Arkansas Regent Information)
Canada (West) Vacant
Missouri Barb Muller 37751 Bethel Ave. Edwards, MO 65326 Phone: 417-998-9146 Scoti175@hotmail.com
Colorado Co-Regent Chuck Mirabile 7403 S. Parfet Ct. Littleton, CO 80127-6109 Phone: 720-934-6901 loudbeak@yahoo.com
Montana Vacant
Colorado Co-Regent Adam Lovell 436 Scranton St Aurora, CO 80011 Phone: 720-298-9211 ablovell@aps.k12.co.us
Nebraska Mary Douglas Swoboda 1018 So. 35 Lincoln, NE 68510 New England (NH, VT, MA, ME, CT, RI) Arthur Douglas, Jr. (549) 16 Alpine St. Millbury, MA 01527 Phone: 508-865-2273 artancin@verizon.net
Florida (North) Nancy Douglas 1223 South 5th St. Fernandina Beach, FL 32034 Phone: 904-261-7243 blkdugls@Bellsouth.net
New Mexico Vacant
Florida (South) Vacant Georgia Co-Regent (North) Don Brown 241 Apple Ridge 2 Dawsonville, GA 30534 Phone: 706-265-7613 Cell: 678-779-2584 rebdon@windstream.net
Georgia Co-Regent (North) Ann Douglass (1057) 357 Brandy Court Lawrenceville, GA 30045 Phone: 770-995-1882 aschnauzer@netzero.com
New York Need a regent or regents
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North Carolina Regent Cameron D. Myers 1425 Willow Woods Way Winston-Salem, NC 27104 Phone: 336-765-6474 cdmeyers@triad.rr.com
Ohio Stephen Douglas (2519) 531 W. State St. Georgetown, OH 45121 ohioclandouglas@yahoo.com Oklahoma Elizabeth Irene Douglas Swaid 118 Palm Ave. Yukon, OK 73099 Phone: 405 854-6264 Oregon Leslie Douglass-Walker (2426) 5943 NE 49th St Vancouver, WA 98661-2771 Phone: 503-421-7607 leslie.douglass@Yahoo.com Pennsylvania David A. Douglass (499) 870 Grant St. Hazelton, PA 18201 Phone: 570-455-9867 Dhdoug_4@msn.com South Carolina Co-Regent George W. Douglass MD. FSA-Scot (289) 1 Brigadier Dr. Charleston, SC 29407 Phone: 843-556-6360 douglassgw@bellsouth.net South Carolina Co-Regent Thelma Hein 611 36 Ave. North Myrtle Beach, SC 29577 Phone: 843 457-7600 classylasshein@hotmail.com Texas Regent Phil and Loretta Morton 1580 Nixon Drive Boerne, TX 78006 Phone: 830-336-2028 lmorton@gvtc.com East Texas Regent Janice Kilgore 317 Oak Meadow Cedar Hill TX 75104 Phone: 972-291-9130 jkkmusik@aol.com Utah Ronald D. Coleman (461) 437 Pimlico Drive St. George, UT 84790-7435 Phone: (435) 656-4485 r-mcoleman@juno.com Virginia/West Virginia Curtis E. Douglas 1102 Airport Rd. Blacksburg, VA 24060 Phone: 540-961-1363 cedouglas69@verizon.net Washington Frances C. Crews (753) 8824 South G. St. Tacoma, WA 98444 Phone: 253-535-0887 Wisconsin Kenneth Dean Douglas (864) 10205 W. Fond du Lac Ave. #110 Milwaukee, WI 53224 Phone: 414-353-0951 kb9nyq@sbcglobal.net ghost_chicken@sbcglobal.net Wyoming (See South Dakota Regent Information) If you are interested in filling one of the vacancies, please contact one of the officers.
CLAN DOUGLAS SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA, LTD. SEPT COMMISSIONERS Agnew Jopseph Dunn 2910 Madison Place Falls Church, VA 22042 Phone: 703 532-3544 E-mail: jdunn@skadden.com Blackwood, Blackett W. Arthur Blackwood, Jr. P.O. Box 573 Lewisville, NC 27023-0573 Phone: 336 855-6358 Blackstock Vacant Blalock/Blaylock Joe Blaylock 12536 Woods Road Wilton, CA 95693 Phone: 916 687-7388 E-mail: jose995@yahoo.com Breckinridge Vacant Brown Zylda Falco 920 Bryan Place, Apt. B3 Garner, NC 27529 Phone: 919 661-6078 E-mail: Znonna@yahoo.com Brownlee Steven G. Brownlee 22255 Robert Rd. Mandeville, LA 70471 Phone: 504 875-9267 E-mail: brownlee@cgb.com Cavan Vacant Cavers Kenneth Simmons 622 Elliott Crescent Milton, ON L9T 3G4 E-mail: cdsontario@cogeco.ca Dickey, Dickie, Dick Tim Tyler 7892 Northlake Dr. #107 Huntington Beach, CA 92647 Phones: 1 800 454-5264 & 714 478-9666 E-mail: clandouglas@socal.rr.com Drysdale in Britian Neil Douglas Ewins FSA-Scot 14 Heathfield Rd. Bexleyheath, Kent England DA6 8NP Drysdale in US George H. Drysdale 4512 Forest Trail Mt. Carmel, OH 45244 Phone: 513 528-7588 Forest Vacant Forrester Vacant Foster Vacant Gilpatric J.D. “Mike” Gilpatric Box 272 Greenwood, Maine 04255 Phone: 207-875-3522 Glendenning John M. Glendenning, Jr. 922 Chester Park Drive Duluth, Minnesota 55812 Phone: 218 728-4998 E-mail: jglen@charter.net Glen Vacant Harkness Vacant Inglis Gordon Inglis ginglis3@comcoast.net Kilgore Janice K. Kilgore
317 Oak Meadow Ln. Cedar Hill, TX 75104 Phone: 972 291-9130 E-mail: jkkmusik@aol.com Kirk,Kilpatrick Virginia Morgan 4332 Tallyho Drive Sacramento, CA 95826 Kirkland Alex McCoy Kirkland 7389 Katella Ave. Stanton, CA 90680 Kirkpatrick Lloyd Kirkpatrick 16203 Brook Forest Blvd. Houston, TX 77059 Phone: 281 486-2427 E-mail: luk@houston.rr.com Lockerby, Lockery, Lochrie Vacant MacGuffey James M. Bilbrey 4538 Airway Rd. Dayton, OH 45431 Phone: 937 252-4529 MacGuffock Vacant McKittrick Doug McKittrick 304 Cool Springs Court Lennsaw, GA 30144 Phone: 770 966-0628 Morton DeLana Douglas 350 N Union Rd #31 Manteca, CA 95337 Phone: 209 740-7366 rdoug1@comcast.net Sandlin, Sandilands Lois Sandlin Matuszak 1503 Misty Bend Drive Katy, TX 77494-6121 Phone: 281 392-3702 E-mail: drmatuszak@aol.com Soule John T. Soule 10001 Sardis Oaks Rd. Charlotte, NC 28211 Phone: 704 321-2838 Sterrett Vacant Symington Jaclyn Keasler Helmke 209 Henderson St. San Antonio, Tx 78209 Phone: 210 826-7265 Troup Vacant Young Edward A. Young, lll FSA-Scot 4402 Brandeis Ave. Orlando, FL 32809 Phone: 407 857-3773
LIFE MEMBERSHIP MALCOLM L.~DR. MARION, JR. CHESTER, SC, GILBERT F. DOUGLAS, Jr.,MD,FSA BIRMINGHAM, AL, WM. RITCHIE DOUGLAS, Sr. SAGINAW, MI, ROBERT W. GROVES, Jr.,FSA(SCOT SAVANNAH, GA, ROBERT W. GROVES, III SAVANNAH-, GA, DOUGLAS M. GLASGOW, M.D. DAVIDSON, NC, DANIEL & Elizabeth MARTIN, M.D. ERIN, TN, WILLIAM RANDALL LIGHT, Lynchburg, VA, THEODORE RANDOLPH, BHAM, AL, ROBERT G. DOUGLAS, TOPEKA, KS, EARL DOUGLAS, FSA(SCOT) ONTARIO, N5R-1H9, Ontario, CANADA GILBERT F. DOUGLAS, III BIRMINGHAM, AL, WALTER H. DORRER, Col. & Mrs. ARLINGTON-, VA, MALCOLM L. MARION, III,M.D. ROCK HILL, SC, MYRA A. BOTHWELL, TACOMA, WA, JOHN G. KIRKPATRICK, York, NE, ALICE M. OAKES, HORNELL, NY, K.K. MILLHOLLAND, HICKORY, NC, EDWIN DOUGLASS, MD, Elkins Park, PA, AGNES MCRAE~MRS. MORTON, LINVILLE, NC, F. MARION DOUGLASS, BELVEDERE-, SC, T. GEO & PAT DOUGLAS, FSA(SCOT) ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL, PETER DOUGLASS, DARTMOUTH, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA CORNELIA A. GROVES, SAVANNAH, GA, Mrs. WM JOHNSON STEVENS, Jr. YONGES ISLAND, SC, MARCELLE HOSKINS, Arlington, TX, HOMER WILLARD ANDERSON, Jr. KNOXVILLE, TN, SARA DOUGLASS THOMAS, Buckhead, GA, WILLIAM E. HUGHES, Major Toowoomba, Queensland, AUSTRALIA MARGUERITE WILSON GREGORY, VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, Judith M. Marks, Princeton, NJ, The Duke of Hamilton, Haddington, East Lothian, SCOTLAND JAMES L. DOUGLAS, G.C.M. Crossville, TN, ROBERT JOE DOUGLAS, ALEXANDRIA, LA, WALTER LEWIS DOUGLASS, PARMA, OH, Chester WATERMAN, PARKERSBURG, WV, TROXELL O. MASON, GRAFTON, WV, BRUCE E. DOUGLASS, M.D. ROCHESTER, MN, BRUCE G. DOUGLASS, PhD. Traverse City, MI, JANICE DOUGLAS ARINSON, GAINESVILLE, FL, REBA DOUGLASS~Mrs. GRUBB, FSA (SCOT) TUCSON, AZ, BATES BLOCK, , , LAWRENCE DEXTER INGLIS JUDGE, ANTIOCH, IL, SCOT GORDON DOUGLAS, Costa Mesa, CA, PHYLLIS DOUGLAS ALLEN, Miss TOWSON, MD, DOUGLASS B. TALLEY, MARIETTA,, GA, GEORGE WOODWARD DOUGLASS, M.D. CHARLESTON, SC, JOHN DARBY DOUGLAS, Jr. WARNER ROBINS, GA, Robert Ray Douglas, Fairborn, OH, JOHN W. C. DOUGLAS, CHESTERLAND,, OH, MARY DOUGLAS DALE, WAXAHACHIE, TX,
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JAMES WILLIAM SOULE, Hemet, CA, TERRY R. DOUGLAS, SURREY, BC, CANADA ROBERT IRWIN EDGAR, MONMOUTH, OR, DOUGLASS B. ROBERTS, WEST YARMOUTH, MA, Alma Douglas Gaudette, Chapel Hill, NC, MELVYN W. DOUGLASS, HOUSTON, TX, Richard B. Douglas, Wilmington, DE, JOHN FRANK DOUGLASS, TOLEDO, OH, PHYLLIS D. MERCHANT, AUSTIN, TX, WOLF DIETER KLOSE, Esq. SCOTTSDALE, AZ, Rev. Dr. Murray A. Frick, Brussels, , Belgium VIRGINIA DOUGLASS STANLEY, Saluda, NC, EDMUND CHARLES FOSTER, Santa Rosa, CA, ELIZABETH DOUGLAS PRYER, Lewiston, CA, Ronald D. Coleman, St. George, UT, "CARLA" M.F. WALLACH, GREENWICH, CT, Col. WILLIAM HARVEY BELL, FSA(SCOT) RIVERSIDE, CA, RANDAL R. DOUGLAS, Ed.D. North Richland Hills, TX, Dorothy Douglas Thoele, Caledonia, WI, BEVERLY ANNE T. SMITH, RIVERSIDE, CA, DOUGLAS WARNER SHOOK, Birmingham, AL, Cynthia A. Keihl, Pasadena, TX, ARTHUR H. PIPER, ALBION, ME, Louise FORTUNE, Oceanside, CA, Arthur E. Douglas, Jr. Millbury, MA, C. RAYMOND DOUGLASS, MONARCH BEACH, CA, ANNIE DOUGLASS ADAMS, HOUSTON, TX, WENDELL D. DOUGLASS, FOWLERVILLE, MI, CHARLENE DOUGLASS SHIVERS, Jonestown, TX, ARDATH GARRETT GRIFFIN, Rutland, VT, JOHN CALVIN MAC KENZIE, Yountville, CA, DOUGLAS H. McKELLAR, Louisville, KY, MARGARET G. MARTIN, Baltimore, MD, ANN SIMMONS GRIFFIN, MAULDIN, SC, DOUGLAS SEAMAN, Hobe Sound, FL, Frances Park, Huntington Beach, CA, JAMES E. MORTON, Jr. DOUGLASVILLE, GA, ROBERT CLARK FOSTER, Lt.Col. TALLAHASSEE, FL, JOSEPH DOUGLAS MAYSON, BLYTHE, CA, CHARLES ALBERT DOUGLAS, Alma, GA, Charles Ray Douglas, PhD Harlingen, TX, Mrs. Sherry Campbell, Phoenix, AZ, MAGNUS DOUGLAS ANDERSON, Hackettstown, NJ, Gawain Douglas, Lt.Col.,DFC LEWES, East Sussex, United Kingdom MARJORIE ILENE~MISS WINDOVER, WESTON, Ontario, CANADA SARAH W. BURDGE, MADISON, WI, PATRICIA A. SWAFFORD, DURANT, OK, Benjamin F. Douglas, Jr.,MD Grand Ridge, FL, Frances C. Crews, Tacoma, WA, MIMI CLARK, DALLAS, TX, GEORGE DOUGLAS, FSA(SCOT) Vero Beach, FL, HOWARD THOMPSON DOUGLAS, TUCSON, AZ, LOIS SANDLIN MATUSZAK, KATY, TX, JOHN C. FELL, BG SAN JOSE, CA, JOHN PARMAN EDWARDS, M.D. RANCH CORDOVA, CA, JUNE L. LAMM, BLUEFIELD, WV, SARA W. FOSS, RICHFIELD, MN, JUDITH JONES MOORE, Ft. Myres, FL, RUTH C. DOUGLASS, WEST HARTFORD, CT, FRANCES DOUGLAS WALKER, Raliegh, NC,
STEPHEN P. DOUGLASS, FSA McCormick, SC, ALAN DOUGLAS HYSLOP, SPRINGFIELD, VA, MARIANNA BARNEYBACK, Mitchell, SD, Kenneth & Sheila Douglas, Milwaukee, WI, Phyllis Douglas Hivner, Plano, TX, ROBERT E. DOUGLASS, Jr. LILBURN, GA, IRENE DOUGLAS, St. Thomas, Ontario, CANADA Wm E. DOUGLASS, Jr. AURORA, CO, Don & Judy S. Deitz, Fairfield, AL, ROBERT W. G. STEVENS, YONGES ISLAND, SC, WM JOHNSON STEVENS, III YONGES ISLAND, SC, WM S. RANKIN GROVES, SAVANNAH, GA, Suzanne Groves Hoffman, Ypsilanti, MI, GEO. HALL DRYSDALE, CINCINNATI, OH, Marjorie Davis, Williston, FL, Dorothy D. Sullivan, EDD Bellevue, WA, ROBERT DRYSDALE BROWN, BARRINGTON, IL, ANN-MARIE Gearhart, Indian Trail, NC, DAVID RALPH DOUGLASS, Grapevine, TX, Mrs. Mary Bartholomew, Ashville, NC, IMOGENE DOUGLAS CLEGG, RALEIGH, NC, Douglas A. Buckbee, Vacaville, CA, FRANCES D. BAMFORD, SALEM, OR, FRANK R. DOUGLASS, Van, TX, Kathryn Pegelow, Lake View Terrace, CA, J. McKIM SYMINGTON, Jr. McLean, VA, CHARLES A. DOUGLASS, Lt.Col. Sumter, SC, Rev. & Mrs. JACK F. DOUGLAS, ALABASTER, AL, JESSE E. BAKER, TACOMA, WA, ANNE W. ANDERSEN, GREENBELT, MD, LANCE K. DOUGLAS, Olympia, WA, KERMIT DAVID MARSH, Westminster, CA, ROBERT MORTON HILTON, COSTA MESA, CA, PHILLIS ELAINE LORTZ, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, MARGARET E. MARSHALL, FAIRFAX, VA, Helen Douglas Hadix, Decatur, IL, Jim Fleming, Douglas, Lanarkshire, SCOTLAND BRUCE R. DOUGLAS, M.D. Appleton, WI, JAMES H. LOCHARY, AMESVILLE, OH, ROBERT FREDERICK DOUGLAS, M.D. NEENAH, WI, Lady Caroline DOUGLAS-HOME, Commill-On-Tweed, NORTHUMBERLAND, United Kingdom GEOFFREY M. DOUGLASS, Fallston, MD, WILLIAM M. MORTON, MUNCIE, IN, ARTHUR W. DOUGLAS, CORDOVA, AL, JOHN DARBY DOUGLAS, III JACKSONVILLE, FL, MAXINE FULLER HOBSON, SAN DIEGO, CA, Barbara L. Muller, Edwards, MO, CYNTHIA LYN STEVENS, Sylvester, TX, CONRAD R. CLENDENIN, GRANVILLE, MA, EARL Fain, IV, CHARLESTON, SC, CATHY (JOE) DONNELLY, BEAUFORT, SC, MARY ELIZABETH MORTON, CHICAGO, IL, MARY D. NICHOLOPOULOS, WEBSTER, MA, DONALD W. DOUGLAS, PAWTUCKET, RI, STEVEN G. BROWNLEE, Mandeville, LA, Ann Douglas Marion, CHESTER, SC, John M. Glendenning, Jr. Duluth, MN, Andrew Spratt, MacMerry, East Lothian, Scotland John O. A. Douglas, Newark, DE, Paul Holmes Douglas, Timonium, MD, Douglass J. Soseman, D.D.S. Denison, IA, Dr. William C. Dickey, Parker, CO, Gordon H. Inglis, Indianapolis, IN, David A. Douglass, Hazleton, PA, Gordon K.~Mr. & Mrs. Crampton, Thomaston, ME, Mrs. Gordon K. Crampton, Savannah, GA, Rev. Bond Houser, III Torrington, WY, Paul Jeffrey Douglas, Fayetteville, GA, Eleanor Douglass Soseman, Holstein, IA, J. Curtis Blackwood, Jr. Matthews, NC, Ian Douglas, Claremont, CA, Douglas and Clayton Porter, Brunswick, GA, Allen Douglas Pease, Los Angeles, CA, Jeannine M. Takacs, Grafton, OH, D'Anna K. Burnham, Anaheim, CA, Wm. L. E. Douglas Lowe, Mt. Shasta, CA, James Theodore Douglas, Paulden, AZ, Douglas D. Hendrick, Cornish, ME, Nancy B. Price, Elgin, SC, Robert M. Douglass, Port Republic, MD, Mary-Catherine Calvert, Free Union, VA, Lizabeth Loring, Kingston, MA, Larry F. Sandlin, Colorado Springs, CO, Betty E. Dedman, Germantown, TN,
Charles A. Matuszak, Stockton, CA, Milton C. Douglass, Scottsdale, AZ, Dayle L. (Caroline) Boyer, Marietta, GA, Geraldine D. Edwards, Rancho Cordova, CA, Mary Ann Davis, Santa Rosa Beach, FL, Howard C. Tanner, Alpharetta, GA, John Wallace Douglas, McDonald, OH, Timothy Hoff, Tuscaloosa, AL, Michael L. Teague, West Union, SC, Jane Douglas Miscavich, Springfield, VA, Arthur E. Douglass, Westland, MI, Ralph L. Morton, Nanaimo, B.C., CANADA Walter A. Justesen, Myrtle Beach, SC, David G. Douglass, Weatherford, TX, Mary B. Immel, LaFayette, IN, Lillian D. Hogenboom, Orange City, FL, Gary L. Kilgore, Mooresville, NC, Scott D. Inglis, Medfield, MA, Donald E. Douglas, Seguine, TX, Mildred D. Gish, Norman, OK, Jodi L. Miller, Fountain, MN, Harriet Nihart, Mobile, AL, Patrick J. Douglas, APO AE, , Sharon C. Ward, Arlington, TX, James R. Douglas, Jr. Fayetteville, NC, James Russell Douglass, Los Alamitos, CA, Judith Fleenor, Greenbrae, CA, John D. King, Inver Grove Hts., MN, Francis Sean Byrne, M.A. Pacific Palisades, CA, Margaret Nilson Gray, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, Lawrence H. Peterson, Tacoma, WA, Shaun P. Hengel, Bloomington, MN, Duncan Garve Boyer, Roswell, GA, William Collyar Barksdale, Jr. Columbia, SC, James Douglas Owen, Oceanside, CA, Jaclyn Keasler Helmke, San Antonio, TX, James Rodney Douglas, Jacksonville, AL, Charles H. Forest, Balch Springs, TX, Douglas R. Brown, Willernie, MN, Daniel W., Jr. Simpson, Jekyll Island, GA, Theodore Long, Wilmette, IL, Oreon Mann, Atlanta, GA, Scott Douglass, Ooltewah, TN, Tom Douglass Adams, Spearfish, SD, Steven Erik Douglas, Ada, MI, John and Charlotte Dumford, Rowlett, TX, Judy Martin, St. Paul, MN, Ellen Douglass Haith, Trumansburg, NY, Robert Lee Douglas, Robinson, IL, Jack D. Brownlee, Tampa, FL, Roger Douglass Moore, Clearfield, UT, Charles & Bonnie Yost, Pittsburgh, PA, Margaret Douglas Saldeen, Dearborn, MI, Carroll & Kathryn Drysdale, Naugatuck, CT, George Gilruth, Palm Coast, FL, L. Arthur Douglas, Easley, SC, James Douglas Jacobs, Spring, TX, Dennis L. Kirkpatrick, St. Petersburg, FL, Padraic Seosamh Soule, Hampton, VA, Cozette Duncan, Shreveport, LA, Larry D. Sandlin, Laredo, TX, Billee Rigg Herndon, Lake Tapawingo, MO, Moira K.C. Perna, Charlestown, RI, Mark Frank Douglas, Salem, NH, Cannon H. Pritchard, Col. Livingston, TX, Stephen S. Douglas, Georgetown, OH, Richard D. Moore, League City, TX, Gordon B. Douglas, Springfield, MO, Richard L. Trotter, Long Beach, CA, Daryl W. Dunbar, Houston, TX, David W. Morton, II Pinckney, MI, Robert J. Morton, Mt. Laurel, NJ, Lee D. Davisson, Saint Petersburg, FL, Audra Ann Morton, Harriman, TN, James W. Morton, Great Valley, NY, Alfred Kenneth Simmons, Milton, Ontario, Canada Richard W. Youngdahl, Brookville, PA, James W. R. Morton, Danville, NH, Deborah R. Foulkes, PhD, Dr. Winthrop, MA, Virginia James, Dade City, FL, Timothy R. Tyler, Placentia, CA, Douglas P. Blakelock, Unadilla, NY, Ben Cooksey Douglas, Stillwater, OK, Justin Timothy Douglas, New London, CT, Judith Douglas Wetherington, Naples, FL,
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Charles & Jane Hampton, Culloden, GA, Mark S. Douglass, Lexington, MA, Mark A. Peterson, Fresno, CA,
A Ceud Mile Failte (kay-ut-meely faalchua) Clan Douglas Society extends a hundred thousand welcomes to new members Barbara A. Clock, Brevard, NC Jeffery S. Douglas, Highlands Ranch, CO Paul R. Dickey, Moraga, CA Richard A. Douglas, Monterey, CA Lisa Blalock Alviola, Pfafftown, NC Sandra M. Douglas, Winston Salem, NC Rini Duzan, Ridgecrest, CA Harold Edington, Sugar Creek, MO John Foster, Fairfield Bay, AR Brett Matthews, Little Rock, AR John B. Jr. Morton, Mathews, NC John Charles Morton, New London, NC Mark E. Morton, Charlotte, NC J. Eric "Ric" Pierce, PhD, Mathews, NC Frank Simonton, Cherokee Village, AR Mark & Diane Welborn, Dayton, OH Diane Welborn, Dayton, OH Cecil Young, Hendersonville, NC David Young, Hendersonville, NC Kevin Riley Young, Springlake, NC David S. Albrecht, Oklahoma City, OK Sarah L. Frohmann, Round Rock, TX Diane D. Livingston, Comanche, TX Steven Johnson, Indianapolis, IN ADDRESS CHANGES: A reminder that all address changes for members or others receiving dubh ghlase, should be made to the clan secretary: John D. Douglas, Jr. 116 Wake Forest Dr., Warner Robbins, GA 31093. Phone: 478-923-2998 email: jdarbyd@juno.com Also, the Membership Application Form included with this issue has been modified to use for address changes. Membership applications and dues payments should also be sent to John D. Douglas, Jr.
President’s Note Many thanks to Doug and Sharon Owens for the help in getting the Central Florida Games done, the Chili was great. As always, it is good to see Clan members in a beautiful setting on a gorgeous day. One of the people to stop by was a potential member from Maui, a very fascinating gentleman, and his wife who own a Celtic music business in the islands. We had a good day and business was brisk, particularly in the afternoon. The AGM, from all reports is coming together just fine and looks to be a great time. More next time, as ever. Forward, Mark
From the Vice President THE GATHERING 2009 25th and 26th July Holyrood Park
Clan Douglas Society of North America has a tent reserved for our use at Holyrood Park. If you are attending The Gathering, there is information that would be useful to you. This information can be found on http://www.clangathering.org If you do not have access to a computer, call me at 281 2924940 and I will give the information to you. The exchange rate has changed in our favor. A year ago, it was 2 dollars to 1 pound. Last week, it was 1.50 dollars to 1 pound which is about the same as it was during the 2002 tour. The Douglas mini tour, a feature in this issue of “dubh ghlase,” is still available, as is the tour from Edinburgh over to Teba, Spain where James Douglas, THE BLACK DOUGLAS, was slain. Yours Aye, James Douglas Jacobs, VP Clan Douglas SNA Teba, Spain
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prominence in the church refutes any notion that he was intellectually impaired. Hugh became Lord Douglas shortly after the battle at Halidon Hill 19th July 1333. He was likely the one to retrieve the bodies of the fallen Douglas heroes from the Bondington nunnery. Sir William, James’ heir and oldest son, and Sir Archibald the Regent had been taken from the battlefield, passing within an hour of each other while prisoners of the English. Relinquishing his position as Canon in the Glasgow See in 1333, Hugh became the Douglas Chief and laird of all the land holdings of both Douglas brothers; estates amounting to nearly one third of all of Scotland. One of his first decisions was to grant some of the Douglas lands in the Borders, including Liddesdale, to his cousin William Douglas. Lord Hugh’s intentions were clear: to reward his Douglas kin for championing the patriotic cause during young David’s Regency while the young king lived in his exiled Court in Normandy. But the Knight of Liddesdale, as Sir William came to be known, was a soldier of great ambition; trouble followed his greed and self-serving deeds. Lord Hugh must have found his antics unsettling. But the grants were made, and only the manor of Westerkirk and a messuage at Crookboat in Douglas remained under the churchman’s control after 1342. Hugh built a church at Crookboat, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, likely in honor for what the canon considered the Saint’s part in the Scottish victory at Bannockburn; a battle fought on his birthday 24th June in 1314. Hugh retired to Westerkirk on the Megget for the remainder of his days. In 1346, his Prebendary in Roxburgh was open indicating that, by then, Lord Hugh had followed his brothers into the Otherworld of the ancient Celts. His short lairdship was during difficult and trying times. Why he chose Westerkirk is still a mystery. The only explanation might be his relationship with others of his kin, specifically the widow of his brother Archibald, Beatrice de Lindsay. The Lindsay clan held many lands in the region, including nearby Langholm. Of the photographs included here, one is of the Westerkirk Mains, the farm steading. The second photograph is of a location on the Megget pointed out to me by a local as the site of a medieval motte where the manor tower likely stood. I recently heard from a Hugh Beattie who visited my website: www.mytruthliesintheruins.com. He once lived at Westerkirk. His father, James Beattie, bought the farmhouse and ran the farm until 1966; this was their family home until his adulthood. Hugh’s father finally retired to Kirkcudbright and died there in 1994 at the age of 89. At one time, there was a stone circle on the property; the children referred to the location as “the Druid site.” The last standing stone was removed in the 1900’s according to Bill Beattie, another resident of Westerkirk. He was born at the site of the Douglas medieval manor in 1940. This Beattie mentions an ancient oak tree on the banks of the Megget about 200 yards from the farmhouse that conforms to another Scottish traditional site, the location for handfasting ceremonies. Bill said he found a gold ring near there dating to 1837, a 7
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betrothal ring with two clasped hands and channeling for the couple’s hair strands. What fun it was to hear from the Beattie family in Scotland and to learn of their memories associated with this 14th century Douglas stronghold. Hugh Beattie even expressed his surprise to learn that Westerkirk Mains near Bentpath had a history going back that far, to 1342, when another Hugh took up residence in the medieval manor where the Megget meets the Esk. Of note, I found Bill Beattie’s comments on the www.megalithic.co.uk website where he shared his information on the ancient stone circle that once stood near the farm steading. Is it more than coincidence that we encountered these three Beattie family members of the twentieth century in our search for Douglas history – three Scots named James, Hugh and William – just like their Douglas counterparts of the 14th century? I do wonder sometimes…
NEWSLETTER GOING ELECTRONIC Like your family and some organizations, our extended family, Clan Douglas Society, is experiencing ever increasing costs. Specifically, costs associated with printing and mailing the newsletter. The Society’s largest single item of expense is the newsletter. A couple of issues ago, we announced that the Clan Douglas Board of Directors was considering the addition of an electronic newsletter for those members who would prefer to receive it via email and/or posted on our web site. We would continue to provide a hard copy by US mail for those who prefer that method. We requested that members please take a moment to communicate their preference and thoughts to me either by email or mail. Many of you did. Beginning with this issue of dubh ghlase, we will test the feasibility of an electronic newsletter. We will send the black & white hard copy via mail to all members as usual. Additionally, we will send, via email, a color copy to those who responded to the survey indicating a preference for an electronic copy. If you do not receive an email with the color version and would like to be part of the test, please email Jim Morton at jimmorton2000@comcast.net. To protect the identity of our email addresses, the email will be addressed to Jim Morton with a blind copy to members. The advantages of the electronic newsletter include: Faster delivery of the newsletter (currently we use bulk mail permits to mail the newsletter which is one of the lowest priorities of the US Postal Service) Ability to include color graphics and photos (printing costs of color is prohibitive) Improved quality of pictures (higher resolution) Reduced cost to Clan Douglas for printing and postage If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jim Morton at jimmorton2000@comcast.net or 770-949-4797. Editor’s Note: It is exciting for me to be putting together a full color electronic newsletter with all the possibilities of changes in the look and style. I think you will like the use of color backgrounds and larger color pictures - in fact the more pictures you can send me, the better. Please understand that this is a work in progress, and an old guy like me takes some time to learn new software, so hopefully as we go along, you will see new innovations and a much improved dubh ghlase. Dave Douglass 8
A Letter From Scotland By James Fleming Dear Friends, The BBC Television has been showing a series of films on Scottish Clans, one of which was on Clan Douglas. It was quite interesting and started with Sir James Douglas at the Battle of Teba and then gave an account of the main Black Douglases up to the time of their demise. No mention was made of the Red Douglases, but it was only a 30 minute film which is not very long to cover such a huge subject. It did not produce any new revelations on the Douglas history. Another series being shown by the BBC is on “Scotland’s History.” This is extremely good, starting way back on how Scotland and it’s nation was formed with the Picts, Celts, etc. To date the period covering Wallace and Bruce has been shown but as usual not much mention made of the Douglases or the Morays. An article appeared in the newspapers regarding the Christmas carol, “0 come all ye faithful” also known as “Adeste Fidelis.” It is being claimed that this was actually a birth ode to Bonnie Prince Charlie. An expert on music states that he has discovered that some of the lyrics, which were written by John F. Wade in the 18th century refer to the Prince. According to the expert, Fideles relates faithful Catholic Jacobites and Bethlehem, a common Jacobite cipher for England, and together with other pieces of evidence it would mean – “Come and behold him, born the King of the English – Bonnie Prince Charlie.” However the jury is still out on this one. A short film is being produced to recreate the Battle of Bannockburn when King Robert the Bruce defeated the army of King Edward II in 1314. It is hoped that this will be ready for showing in the Bannockburn Heritage Centre in Spring this year. A copy of the death warrant of Mary, Queen of Scots has been presented to the Scottish Roman Catholic Heritage Museum at Blairs College near Aberdeen. The original death warrant was destroyed and only one out of the seven copies survived. A copy of the surviving copy was made and now given to the Roman Catholic Museum. As you will know, the “Homecoming” in July this year will be celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth of the National bard, Robert Burns. The ownership of the present Burns Centre and attractions at Alloway, Ayr has been transferred to the National Trust for Scotland. It is hoped that a New Burns Birthplace Museum will be built at a cost of around 21 million pounds and that it should be completed in 2010. The small Community Cottage Hospital at Douglas which many of you will have noticed just before entering the village, has received a major accreditation honour from the National Health Service in Lanarkshire. This award is in recognition of the high standard of cleanliness, Continued next page
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food, care, etc. The hospital now has a minor injuries unit and treats a large number of patients since the nearest hospital is 20 miles away. The hospital was commissioned by the 12th Countess of Home in 1899 and in 1926 it was officially handed over by Lord Home to the Douglas Community Trustees and the name was changed to the present Lady Home Hospital. This is a huge asset to the village, and the valuable services which it provides are greatly appreciated by the local villagers and also the residents of the neighbouring Parishes. The Scottish Tourist Agency, Visit Scotland, states that visitor satisfaction levels were greatly improving with 97% of visitors saying that they were satisfied with their trip to Scotland. This was the result of a survey taken between July and September 2008 in which tourists from US, Netherlands, England, Wales, Sweden, and Spain took part. The top 5 destinations were Edinburgh, Skye, Loch Lomond, the Trossachs and the Highlands. It is hoped that even greater improvement can be achieved in 2009 . I very much look forward to meeting many Clan Douglas members at the Gathering (Homecoming) this year. Very best wishes, Yours Aye, Jim
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Nomination of Officers for 2009 According to Article IV of our by-laws, we elect officers every 3 years by a majority vote held at the Annual General Meeting. This year the AGM will be at the Minnesota Scottish Fair and Highland Games, May 9, 2009. You can visit the games website for additional information about the games at http:// www.mnscottishfair.org/ According to Article 9, Section 5, a Nominating Committee shall be appointed by the president. The Committee shall present a slate of candidates for offices to be voted on at the Annual General Meeting. The nominating committee (Mary Ann Campbell, Art Douglas, Mark Peterson) provide the following slate of officers for consideration by the members: President Vice President Treasurer Secretary
James Douglas Jacobs Diana Kay Stell Shirley Douglas Jim Morton
Yours aye, Mary Ann Campbell Chair, Nominating Committee
2009 Annual General Meeting Proxy Form President Vice President Recording Secretary Treasurer
Mark Douglas Jim Jacobs John D. Douglas, Jr. Shirley Douglas
I,_________________________________________________________a member in good standing of Clan Douglas Society of North America, hereby assign my proxy vote to one of the officers checked above for the Annual General Meeting to be held at 6 PM Saturday, July 8, 2006 at Lees-McRae College, Banner Elk, North Carolina in conjunction with the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games. The purpose of this proxy is to insure a quorum of 25 regular members at the meeting. This may include members present or by proxy. It is understood that this form will not be used if I appear in person to cast my vote. Signed:____________________________________________________ Date:______________________________________________________ Note: Family memberships (husband/wife) have only one vote unless each person has paid dues. Proxies may be sent to:
John D. Douglas, Jr. 116 Wake Forest Dr Warner Robins, GA 31093
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Another Clan Douglas Tour Choice Offered by Scottish Ancestral Trail, a special small Tour for 2009 will focus on Clan Douglas. The tour, to be led by Jim Fleming, curator of the Douglas Museum, is for four days and will have places for only 10 - 12 people. It will culminate in Edinburgh for The Gathering 2009. This tour has been available for some time, but it didn’t get a notice in dubh ghlase. The tour will include many sites that are either Douglas castles and manors or places that were significant in Douglas history. Included are:
Douglas Castles: Bothwell, Drumlanrig, Threave, Tantallon and others. The Douglas Museum and St. Brides Church. Stirling Castle, Sweetheart Abbey Lennoxlove (the beautiful restored house owned by the DouglasHamilton family, and the Melrose Abbey. Other stops that will give us a taste of Scottish culture. If you are interested in this tour, it would be advisable to contact Scottish Ancestral Trail at once. Since the tour has been available for awhile, it is at least 50% booked so not many spaces are available. They will be able to provide you with an itinerary and cost information and will answer all the questions you might have. lesley@scottish-ancestraltrail.co.uk Web: www.scottishancestral-trail.co.uk Phone: +44 (0) 1683300389 Cell: 07966265751 12
AGM to be held in May in Farmington, Minnesota The Clan Douglas Annual General Meeting will be held this year at the Minnesota Highland Fair and Games in Farmington MN at the Dakota County Fair Grounds on May 8th and 9th, 2009. The games web site for information is www.mnscottishfair.org. The games are about 8 miles from the hotel. The nearest airport is Minneapolis/St. Paul. Rental cars are available at the airport or you may take a free shuttle to the hotel. Once there, an Enterprise rental agency is two blocks away. It is about 12 miles to the hotel. The host hotel is the Americinn Hotel and Suites in Apple Valley, MN. We have 20 rooms set aside and have been given a special group rate of $ 89.00 + taxes per night. For reservations, the contact number is: 888-489-7829. Mention Clan Douglas Society when you make your reservations. The AGM and Clan Dinner will be Friday evening May 8 and the one day games will be the next day. The AGM will begin at 5:00 pm with social time to follow. Dinner will be served at 6:30 pm. The location of the AGM and dinner will be the Cherokee Sirloin Room Restaurant just a few miles from the hotel. Our buffet dinner will be $21.00 per person and $8.00 for children under 11, tax and tip included. There will be a cash bar available. For any questions, please contact our Minnesota Regent Sara Foss at 612-866-1260. Please mail dinner payments to Sara Foss at 6241 Oliver Ave. Richfield , MN 55423 by April 15, 2009. Checks should be made payable to Clan Douglas Society.
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Games Reports Diane (Dickey) Livingston, and David (Kirpatrick) Albrecht, and our sweet friend Kay (Douglas) McRoberts, renewed her membership.
Scottish Highland Games Salado, Texas - November 2008 If you can imagine a cool November day with the sound of bagpipes filling the air and the call to gather the clans together and celebrate our Scottish Heritage, then you share the excitement of the 47th Annual Scottish Gathering in Salado, Texas! This year the games were held in a new location
We missed our Douglas friend, Audrey Ellison, this year, but she promises to be there next year. Salado is one of our favorite spots and with the new location and with the beautiful weather what more could one ask for! We wish everyone a bonny winter and we look forward to the Highland Games in 2009! Aye Yours, Phil & Loretta Morton
Diane Livingston & husband Ron Kay McRoberts
at Pace Park which was just beautiful! There were 60, yes 60! clan tents as well as the vendor and food tents. The dancers and pipers were outstanding and we met so many wonderful people! The games were held here at the new location as well, which made it more convenient for everyone. Our Douglas tent was well attended with Dickeys, Mortons, Douglases, Fosters, Kirkpatricks, and many more. One would have thought we were in Scotland itself! Everyone was in high spirits as they came inside to sit and visit about their heritage and Scotland. We are happy to report that Clan Douglas now has 3 new members, Sarah (Morton) Frohmann,
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September 20, 2008 was a nearly perfect day for the 37th Charleston, SC Scottish Games at beautiful Boone Hall Plantation. Our tent location provided perfect viewing of the athletic events and the competition between the nineteen pipe bands. Although there was a good crowd, we missed some of our Clan Douglas regulars. However, we were encouraged by the number of locals and visitors to the area who came to our tent seeking information about the Douglases and their own connections to the name. We hope that this will result in a number of new members. George Douglass, Regent for South Carolina CDSNA
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A Lot 0’ Money Four o’clock came, and school dismissed for the day. Joe MacLennie was, as usual, heading uphill towards the farm, while the rest of us were about to rush downhill towards our homes, when somebody felt inspired to begin calling, “Heigh ho! Heigh Joe!” and for the sake of variety, “Heigh Joe! Heigh ho!” As a taunt, it was pretty innocuous stuff. Joe paused for a moment, apparently considering whether it warranted retaliation or not. Seemingly it did, as very deliberately he placed his schoolbooks, tied together with binder twine as usual, upon the ground, and took his time about selecting a big stone to throw at us. Everybody ducked as it came whistling towards us in a menacing trajectory. Well, this time Joe’s luck was out. Before the recent addition to the school of an upper storey, his missile would have cleared the building and probably scored a bull'seye on one of his tormentors, but – CRASH!!! - it shattered a pane of glass on the “half-landing.” Immediately, all spectators disappeared, and the school arena was left deserted. Next day after the Lord’s Prayer, Mr. Scott, the headmaster, announced, “The first thing I want to know is, - who broke the school window?” In the Ferry, nobody had ever suggested that it was dishonourable to tattle on a friend. “Joe MacLennie!” we all cheerfully volunteered. “Stand up, Joe!” commanded Mr. Scott. Joe got up, head hanging and feet shuffling in his tackety boots. “Now, my lad,” thundered the headmaster, “that window must be mended at once, - not tomorrow, or the next day, but today! Understand?” “Yes, sir,” mumbled Joe. That evening, Mr. MacLennie called on my father. “That lad o’ mine has broken a school window,” he informed us - (as if we didn’t know!) – “and it’s to be mended afore the morn. Can you manage that?” “Aye, easy. The light’s good, and it’s no’ a big job.” “But, - hoo much will it be?” “One and fourpence.” “One and fourpence?” Joe’s father reeled back in affright. “It's a lot o’ money, - a lot o’ money! But, what must be must be. Aye, one and three’s a lot o’ money.” “One and four!” “Oh aye, so ye said. But it’s a lot o’ money.” I accompanied my father up to the school, where he climbed by ladder to the half-landing, and used his hammer and chisel to remove the putty and broken glass. Next, he took careful measurements, using his three-foot rule, and jotted them down in his notebook. Back in his own joiner’s shop behind our house, he cut the required piece of glass and prepared the putty, both of which he entrusted to me, while he himself carried a can of paint and a brush back to the school. He was just finishing the job with a touch of brown paint when Joe's father reappeared on the scene. “Well, ye’ve made a grand job of it,” he admitted, “but it wouldna do to break a window every day.” He carefully counted out two sixpences, one penny and four half-pennies, and handed them to my father. “That's us square square, then,” he announced hopefully. “No!” said my father firmly. “You owe me another penny.” And he waited until he got it. Editor’s Note: Ferry Yarns is back after a relatively long absence. Look for more of the colorful and amusing stories in future issues. 16
Douglas yDNA project update. January 2009 We have had exciting results recently, and some important questions are pending. The project has so far proven the DNA type of the Drumlanrig line back to 1478, to the 6th Baron of Drumlanrig. At the same time, we have proven the Earls of Morton line to 1310. We know the genetic type of the John Douglas of Mains. These two men should be related since they are both said to descend from Willem de Duglis. However, they do NOT match in DNA terms. This means that they do NOT have the same male ancestors. Only one can be the descendant of Willem de Duglis. We have tested a man who believes he is a descendant of Douglas of Cavers, but he is uncertain of one link in his genealogy. His DNA matches the Morton line. This means that he has the same male line ancestors as the Earls of Morton but NOT the same male line ancestors as the Barons of Drumlanrig. His results could mean that the Earls of Morton line is the original line and that the Drumlanrig line has had an illegitimacy between the 6th Baron Drumlanrig, and James 2nd Earl of Douglas and Mar b 1358. However, because of that one uncertain link, we are not able to be sure about this- yet! We need another known descendant of Douglas of Cavers to do the DNA test! Please contact us if you are the man we need. Sholto Douglas descendants We have established that it is “somewhat likely� that Sholto Duglis was an ancestor of the Earls of Morton. To improve our confidence about this, we need more descendants of the ScottiDouglases (or Douglas Scottis) and also more descendants of the Earls of Morton. Red Douglases (Earls of Angus) This is the line we are having the least luck with. We are having trouble finding the descendants of the Earls to Angus to do the test, in spite of offering free tests. We have tested 2 Angus men, 6th cousins, and so we have proven the line back to William Douglas of Leith b 1696, their most recent common ancestor. He does not match either of the other major lines but is descended from Niall of Nine hostages. Now we must try to push back our knowledge of this line, as we have with the others, to see how far back this genetic type goes in the family. We will need more representatives of this line to do this. Continued on page 19 17
A Report from Canadian Member David A. Douglas To Assistant Vice President for Canada, Peter Douglass
Hi Peter: Thanks for your support and encouragement. Here is a brief account of my extracurricular activities. IFIC (The International Federation of Infection Control) is an umbrella society of associations of healthcare professionals in infection control and related fields worldwide with the goal to minimise the risk of infection within the healthcare setting through development of a network of infection control organisations for communication, consensus building, education and sharing expertise. My wife, Carol Goldman, who is Executive Secretary of the Board, and in support to her and the organization, my very simple role as a volunteer is to set up, communicate and act as a quasi public relations agent at all International Conventions that are held each year around the world. An active member of the “Toronto Signals Band,” affiliated with the 709 Communications Regiment, Canadian Army Reserves, we have been performing for audiences throughout Canada and the United States since 1926. Continuing to lead in our field, this band also introduced to the Canadian audience, the sound of three-part harmony in trumpet band music. The Toronto Signals Band then were known as the 2nd Armoured Divisional Signals Regiment. Subsequent changes in the merging of 2nd and 8th Signals Regiments brought about the name of the Toronto Signals Regiment. In 1959, the band left the Canadian Army to form the famed Drum Corp “Canada’s Marching Ambassadors,” well-known in Canada and the United States. Since the integration of the Canadian Armed Forces in the early 1970's, “Sigs,” as they are affectionately known, have carried on as a voluntary organization, maintaining the rich tradition and heritage of their former members. Today we continue to march as a Duty Band to the 709 (Toronto) Communications Regiment of the Canadian Armed Forces Reserves. I am proud to be an active member in one of Canada's most award winning marching units. I also take great pride in the fact that I have been a volunteer teacher of Biblical Archaeology to grade 8 students for over 10 years, hopefully exposing them to the exciting world of history, archaeology and chronology of time past. David A. Douglas, Ph.D. / Carol D. Goldman, RN,BScN,CIC
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If you are a descendant of the Red Douglases and have not yet participated in our project, please do contact us. We will pay for your DNA test if you have a direct male line from any of the Earls of Angus or their male relatives.
By-laws Changes The by-laws committee of George Douglas, Elizabeth Martin, and Louann Douglass has suggested the following changes to the by-laws of CDSNA: Article IV, Officers Section 1A: National Officers the Recording Secretary will be changed to just Secretary. Section B-1: the Archivist will be non-voting. Section B 2: Corresponding Secretary will be deleted. The board would like to change back to one secretary and balance the voting members on the board.
Are you a key to re-writing the history of Clan Douglas? We continue to search for more men who can trace their lineage back to the Old lines. If you are a known descendant of Willem De Duglis (1174) please consider joining our project. You may be a key person in rewriting the early history of Clan Douglas! And, we may pay for your test if you are suitable.
Article V Duties of Officers Section 3: Delete Recording Secretary, delete Corresponding Secretary as in article IV above and add to the Secretary duties D, E, & F. Section 4A: Treasurer, delete bonded officer and add shall have successfully completed a criminal background and credit check to the board’s satisfaction. Expense to be borne by individual. Section 4F: Add an audit committee. We need to have oversight on the treasurer and their activities. Bonding is an antiquated insurance.
European lines of the Douglas family who have been separated from their Scottish ancestors for hundreds of years could be strategically very important for our project at this stage. We would be interested in making contact with further examples of European Douglas lines. If you are one of the “lost” families, who cannot find their ancestor’s connection into the Douglas family, then we can now tell you with confidence whether you are from the lines mentioned above.
Article VII Dues Section 1: Change first sentence to read All dues are set by the Board. Section 3: Delete. This is to simplify dues changes where it does not take a bylaw change to change dues just approval by the board.
The project web site (for information or to participate) is found at http://www.familytreedna.com/ (we5jr2ewkhoxqe55wspcbh55)/public/ Douglas/index.aspx
Article IX Special Assignments Add Section 6: Webmaster shall be appointed by the board to structure and maintain the organization’s web site. Add Section 7: Other assignments may be made by the President from time to time with board approval.
If you would like to join the project discussion group go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ douglasDNA/?yguid=132306060 To talk to a project administrator (volunteer) or to apply for our free DNA test offer, message to:
Any questions on these changes please contact the by-laws committee chair George M. Douglas at gsdoug@bellsouth.net A copy of our bylaws should be posted on our website soon or you may e-mail me for a copy with the suggested changes.
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Vol. XXXVI Number 1, February 2009 Front Page—Westerkirk by Deb Foulkes Pages 2-4—Officers, Regents & Membership Page 5―President’s Note, from the Vice President Page 6―Photos from the Archives Page 8—Electronic Newsletter Page 9—Letter from Scotland Page 11—Nominations and Proxy Form Page 12—Clan Douglas Tour Choice Page 13—AGM in Minnesota Pages 14-15—Games Reports Page 17―Douglas yDNA Project Page 18―Report from a Canadian Page 19―By-laws Changes
January 1 April 1 July 1 October 1 Publication Deadline is the 25th of these same months. If anyone has articles they would like to submit, please send them to Dave Douglass at email address: dougserv@sbcglobal.net, or call me at 817-599-3549. My mailing address is 305 Clark Ave, Weatherford, TX 76085. Anyone is welcome to submit articles, games reports, and general information. We do request that any article submitted be related to CDSNA or of general Celtic interest.
For up to the minute information check out our website at www.clandouglassociety.org.
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DOUGLAS HERITAGE CLAN DOUGLAS FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY
Membership is open to all CDSNA members, residents of Douglas, Scotland and persons having Douglas connections. Objectives: * To promote, assist and support a strong and lasting relationship between CDSNA and Douglas, Scotland * To support the further development of the Douglas Heritage Museum * To encourage and promote cultural exchanges between American and Scottish members The Honourable David Douglas-Home C.B.E., Fifteenth Earl of Home is our Honorary President from Douglas, Scotland and T. George Douglas is the Honorary President from Clan Douglas of North America. NAME ______________________________________________________________ ADDRESS___________________________________________________________ CITY & STATE ______________________________________________________ You receive a membership card and yearly newsletter for $15 per person annually. All memberships are due and payable annually on January 1. Please make your checks payable to Clan Douglas Society of North America Mail to:
John D. Douglas, Jr. 116 Wake Forest Dr. Warner Robins, GA 31093 Dubh Ghlase Pull Out 2
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“A GUIDE TO DOUGLAS LANDMARKS IN SCOTLAND CASTLES, ABBEYS AND BATTLES Written and Compiled By Lt Col Gawain Thomas Alexander Douglas A Guide Book that will take you around southern Scotland to show you where the Douglases had their strongholds, and where their battles and skirmishes were fought. If you are planning a trip to Scotland, this is a book you won't want to be without. As a member of the ancient and glorious House of Douglas, you'll be proud to display this book in your home. Please send me the following copies of "A Guide To Douglas Landmarks In Scotland". ___________________________________________________________________________________________ "Douglas Landmarks"
Number of Copies: _____ @ $20.00 each =
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Postage and Handling $4.00 first copy + $2 for each additional copy
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Total: $________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________
Name: ______________________________________________________________ Street Address: _______________________________________________________ City: ________________________________________________________________ State: _________________________
Zip Code: ____________________________
Telephone: ___________________________________________________________ Email: ________________________________________________________________
Please make checks payable to CLAN DOUGLAS and mail check with order form to: Jim Morton 4115 Bent Oak Ct. Douglasville, GA 30135 770-949-4797 jimmorton2000@comcast.net Please note: All proceeds go towards the benefit of The Douglas Heritage Society of Douglas, Scotland. Jim Fleming, President. CLAN DOUGLAS "Always Forward!"
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CLAN DOUGLAS SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA, LTD. SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION Please submit original and two copies to: John O. A. Douglas 101 Fantasia Drive Newark, DE 19713 Deadline for entry - May 1st --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Applicant's FULL Name ___________________________________ Telephone Number ( Age __________________________ U.S. Citizen (Circle): Yes No
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Martial Status _________________________________
Address ___________________________________________ City, State & Zip __________________________________________ Clan Douglas Membership # __________________________________ Applied for Scholarship Before (Circle): Yes
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If “yes”, date of previous application __________________________ Amount(s) received _____________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------If applicant is under 18 years old or intends to qualify as a direct descendant of an active member, please complete the following: Relative's Full Name ___________________________________________ Relationship ____________________________________ Address ___________________________________________ City, State & Zip __________________________________________ Clan Douglas Membership # ____________________________ Telephone Number (
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Area of Study (Circle one) : Piping Drumming Dancing Languages, Scottish related General Scottish Studies (Give brief description) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Location of Study: Name of School or Instructor ____________________________________________________________________________________ Address ___________________________________________ City, State & Zip ___________________________________________ Class Dates: Begins _________________ Ends _________________ Total Estimated Cost of Attending: $ _______________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Please provide a brief summary of previous training, competitions, awards and accomplishments. Attach additional sheets if necessary. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ FOR SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE USE ONLY Postmark date on envelope _________________
For Secretary, years as active member __________________
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CLAN DOUGLAS SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA, LTD. SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 1. Each fiscal year Clan Douglas Society of North America, Ltd. (Clan Douglas) will award up to $1000.00 in scholarships provided no individual will receive a scholarship in excess of $250.00. 2. Applicants must be dedicated to continuing their instruction and furthering their education in the field of Scottish arts, which includes piping, drumming, dancing, Scottish related languages or general Scottish studies. 3. To be eligible, an applicant must have been an active member in Clan Douglas for a minimum of one year or a direct descendant of such an active member. Active membership will be certified by the Secretary and determined as of April 30th following receipt of application for scholarship. Members of the scholarship committee and their descendants are not eligible. 4. Applications must be post marked by May 1st. 5. Applications will be reviewed by the Scholarship Committee, which will make recommendations to the Board of Directors for approval. Recipients will be announced at the Annual General Meeting of Clan Douglas. 6. 路 路 路
Criteria used by the Scholarship Committee in making its recommendations will include applicant's: Interest in and dedication to Scottish tradition. Indication of accomplishments in chosen area of study. Evidence of academic or artistic capability.
7. Recipients must submit a report upon completion of their studies for publication in the Clan Douglas newsletter, Dubh Ghlase. 8. Please use current application. 9. For additional information or to receive application forms, you may write to: John O. A. Douglas Scholarship Committee Chairperson 101 Fantasia Drive Newark, DE 19713
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